Well, I’ve been rejected twice by agents. I didn’t get a nice letter, but a simple ‘this isn’t a good fit for me’ sentence. I am still querying, with the first wave getting six queries and so far only two responses. Am I going to give up? No. I think after thirty, I’ll have a good idea if this should be self-published or not.

Has this affected my output? Not really. I am putting them out of my mind when I sit down and write. I know there is an agent out there for me, and I’m not going to find them sitting on my duff and doing nothing. I need to sit on my duff and do something. This Saturday, I am going to go for round two through Querytracker. I might even dust off one of the novel and publisher guides I have (I think it’s only two years out of date) to look through that. Maybe I should look for a small-time publisher to build up with.

Speaking of output, I am still working on Serve Me Now, and it’s coming along a little better than what I had initially expected. I read another book called Trad-Wife which I really recommend. That book is an influence. I really need to amp up my description a lot, especially of the main characters. I know what they look like, but I have to remind myself that my readers don’t.

There’s not much else going on. I did get an idea from the Internet for another comedy/horror novel that I really need to flesh out. I am looking towards my next book after Serve Me Now is finished – Forever Junkie. I am not going to let two rejections dissuade me. Not two. Not twenty. Not two hundred. Onward!